Benjamin Goodhue

Benjamin Goodhue (20 September 1748-28 July 1814) was a member of the US House of Representatives from Massachusetts' 2nd district from 4 March 1789 to 3 March 1793, from the 1st district from 4 March 1793 to 3 March 1795 (succeeding Fisher Ames and preceding Theodore Sedgwick), and from the 10th district from 4 March 1795 to June 1796, preceding Samuel Sewall. He also served in the US Senate from 11 June 1796 to 8 November 1800, succeeding George Cabot and preceding Jonathan Mason. He was a member of the Federalist Party.

Biography
Benjamin Goodhue was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1748, and he was a successful merchant before and during the American Revolutionary War. He attended the state constitutional conventions of 1779 and 1780, and he served in the state legislature before entering the US Congress. Goodue served in the US House of Representatives from 1789 to 1796 and in the US Senate from 1796 to 1800, when he resigned. He died in 1814.